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Can I Add Color to Spackle

I need to do a lot of patching and filling on the bare white walls of my living room. Did the same thing upstairs and had a hard time locating all of the areas to sand because of the poor lighting - it looks OK because it's not a bright area, but there are a few areas that I missed, even with the touch test.

Can I add some coloring - food or otherwise - to my light weight spackle? I am hoping that this will ensure that I don't miss any spots when sanding. In this room, any spots I miss will stick out.

Thank you both for your replies. I think after reading your replies and replies on other boards that I'll pass up the idea of the coloring, and just really work hard with the lighting. Pencil marks too, though with the amount of damage on the walls (prior owner taking off wallpaper - spider marks all over) that the wall would look like a crossword puzzle.